interrogation; hearing; trial
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
beyond this point; from now on; after this
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
disclosure; exposure; revelation
already; now; no longer; not any more
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)